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Article: Salute to patriotism: let us join Samuel Francis ...
Saturday Evening Post;  January 1, 2002 ;     641 words ...The word "patriotism," according to Webster's Dictionary, is "the devoted love, support and defense of one's country." The word dates from approximately the 1720s, but the sentiment must go back to the earliest of times. Plato wrote: "There can be no affinity nearer than our country." The

Article: The Hymns of Samuel Francis Smith
The Hymn;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... anniversary of the birth of Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895 ... My country, 'tis of thee," the story of which ... single source for lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith is his Poems of ... My country 'tis of thee" would be considerably ...

Dictionary definition: Smith, Samuel Francis
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations;      270 words ...Smith, Samuel Francis 1808–95 1. My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring. "America" (1831)

Article: Samuel Francis Smith letter, $33,350, Julia's
Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  August 1, 2005 ;     299 words ...A letter handwritten and signed by Samuel Francis Smith, with the first verse of his song, "America" ("My Country "Tis of Thee"), sold for $33,350 at a sale held May 5-6 by James D. Julia in Fairfield, Me. The letter was part of ...

Article: "My Country, Tis of Thee."
Dictionary of American History;      454 words ..."MY COUNTRY, TIS OF THEE." "MY COUNTRY, TIS OF THEE." Samuel Francis Smith received several German ... My Country 'Tis of Thee" and Democracy in America ... University Press, 2002. Smith, Samuel Francis. Papers, 1834 – ...

Article: America (My Country Tis of Thee)
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2002;      310 words ... ... My Country ’Tis of Thee) America (My Country ’Tis of Thee) First sung in public on ... words were written by Rev. Samuel Francis Smith, a Baptist clergyman ... country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty ...

America (My country 'Tis of Thee).(UNITED STATES ...
World Almanac and Book of Facts;  January 1, 2009 ;     511 words ... ... Boston, the words were written by Rev. Samuel Francis Smith, a Baptist clergyman, who set ... Queen." America (My country 'Tis of Thee) My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died ...